+rep Last I heard, the MCCD *wants* to get 4 year programs (particularly at Phoenix College), but hasn't quite yet. Know what sucks about transferring credits? If you do it at ASU, they severely limit the amount you can transfer in your major(general requirements they're cool about) so you have to spend a ton on coursework and materials that just isn't worth what it costs. :p

Community colleges only offer 2 year degrees. (unless you have some exceptional ones in your area I've never heard of) 2 year degrees are good for a number of things, but not everything. It's common for design firms to require a BA nowadays for example, even though you don't actually need to get one to develop the skills for the job. Easy way to narrow down the field of applicants, but often shuts out good people. #doubleedgedsword

I am a very happy person. I'm human, meaning we all have our struggles, but I'm generally a "glass half full!" kind of gal. Case in point - my husband's stroke. I can be sad about the limitations he faces, or I can be happy that still he walks and talks.
Two things that people say to me in real life on a pretty regular basis are, "you're always so optimistic" and "you're got such a big heart."
I am pretty comfortable in my skin. Life gets easier after you stop giving a crap what other people think. Unless that person has a badge that is.
After he ad the stroke, I went back to work. I took a job that paid less than I usually earn because I can't leave him alone for long stretches. I work nights after he goes to bed.
I spend the days helping him run the second-hand store because he can't be here by himself. I live on about 5 hours of sleep a night. I work 7 days a week. When I take vacation days, it's to take him to the doctor.

Both partners were expected to bring fidelity, but only the female was derided for being less than virtuous. Screw anyone who wants to go back to that.
I think Donna is right. Ya'll need to step away from the internet and go back out into the real world. The media is lying to you. Women are still expected to raise the kids, and men are still expected to provide income. Yet it seems the biggest crying I hear from the testeronic minority is about income.
Marriage has always been about income. The whole "romantic tale with a happy ending" is legend.

When DH was in basic training, they were painting buildings and mowing grass between deployments and duty stations. Now they're sent to a room to read for 8 hours while waiting for their orders. For months.

In almost any definition of the word, my husband isn't the "same" since the stroke. My grandmother had Alzheimer's but my grandfather hid it from the whole family until he died because he didn't want "them" to take her to a home. My other grandmother lost her husband when she was 40, with 9 kids still at home.
There's risk with everything.
My life would be easier if I left. His life would have been easier if he had institutionalized her. But we don't / didn't leave, because we love our partners, even though they're less than perfect.

LOL - politics makes strange bedfellows. Here I am in a group hug with Donna, Lily and Jules.
This whole idea that women don't add anything to a marriage is ridiculous. I hate anecdotal evidence but my son and his wife.....she's giving up a career to follow him around the country (maybe the world) and raise their kid(s). He'd still be the night manager at a sub shop if she hadn't told him he needed to get serious about life. Right now they're best friends sharing adventures.
Of course it's true that their relationship will change. The old saying "familiarity breeds contempt" comes from that. But at my age, the most bitter and unhappy people that I see in real life (not on the internet) are older and single....usually divorced.

Divorce doesn't run in our family or hers. Sorry to hear that you're so down on marriage though. But statistically speaking, married men earn more, are less likely to end up in prison, and live longer. Their children are also do better in life.
And men aren't the only partners who complain about sex, money or anything else.

Those evil wommenz hold back the men.
Like I said, we get it.
My son got married last April. Their first baby is due in May. She pushes him harder than I ever did. I'm really happy he's not a miserable woman hating RPFer.

BTW, I noticed you had the book shipped to me via amazon. I would like to get a gift from someone and have it sent the same way, but I can't figure out how-and the tech folks were of no help. Could you outline the process for me? Thanks!

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Just a middle aged truck driver hoping to contribute to the cause of liberty when and where I can. As I have traveled the country I have seen - and continue to see - support for liberty far out of proportion to what is shown on TV news and the media. That gives me a slim bit of hope for tomorrow.

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Participated in phone bank work in Ron Paul's 2012 campaign. Distributed campaign literature across the country as a truck driver during both the '08 and '12 campaigns. Together with RPF member J. Han worked to distribute several thousand bumper stickers for Ron Paul (upon recipient request) during the 2012 campaign. Maxed out in campaign contributions to Ron Paul during the 2012 campaign.

Since I spend 95% of my time on the road, I don't have as much time for "hands-on" activism as I would like. But I will always do what I can to support RPF members who run for office, even if it's just a contribution to buy more yard signs.

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